sanama

I didn’t see the sun today

Instead, I saw the outdoor lights being switched on at the job agency

I saw occasional cars, buses and their passengers

I saw a driver halt to take a leak by the bushes,

the pale old trees billowing against the grey skies I

heard banging from fireworks and no lights in the sky

I saw last night’s trash, a walker collecting them in one pile

There were delivery workers by bike, by car

There were cleaners in a basement

I saw a long hug,

a conversation, that made a child look bored

but I was too late for the sun